HC Deb 19 June 1928 vol 218 cc1586-7
3. Mr. BUCHANAN

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Mrs. Janet Regan, 393, South York Street, Glasgow, has been refused a weekly allowance for her son, who lost his life in service under his Department during the War; and if, in view of the need of the mother and her dependence on the son while alive, he will reconsider the decision?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE - LISTER

Mrs. Regan was awarded £250 in 1920 under the Workmen's Compensation Act. There is no provision in the War Risks Compensation Scheme for the award of need pensions, and the War Risks Association, to whom the claim was referred, decided that this was not a case in which a dependency pension could be awarded in addition to the sum paid under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

Mr. BUCHANAN

Will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider this case in view of the fact that some difference arises and that this widowed mother was entirely dependent on her son?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

I do not think it is possible for me to go behind the very carefully considered decision given by the tribunal which was set up for the purpose of eliciting the facts in these cases.